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Bricksnbeatles
Member known well
Here’s an abridged prose interpolation of my pedal building journey over the years, told in 8 free-meter stanzas, each with an ABCB rhyme scheme:
In middle school I built a guitar
Painstakingly matched to Ed’s 83 specs
The right switch, the right screws, the right phenolic
A northern ash body and a Birdseye neck
I spent hours each week on Halen.com
While my friends listened to Corgan sing ‘bout a rat in a cage
I would geek over paint hues, reflectors, etcetera
With my fellow forumites; most five times my age
“This wiring part’s fun” I thought to myself whilst frying a pot
So to pedalpartsplus.com I went to order some parts:
A fifteen-ninety LB, two jacks, and a momentary switch
A three-hour kill switch flipped a switch in my heart
An overdrive, a SHO, and a home-designed loop box
Hand painted, decaled, or decked up and relic’d
Some Fuzzes, a bit crusher, buffers and all that jazz
A teenaged guitar geek turned a solder-fume addict
High school flew by, and parcels flew in
college ate time, and builds became few
But when stresses arose and when grandparents passed
I would decompress in the basement with a spool or two
School took the backseat for a couple of years
Seems amidst the moping, pedal-smithing lost its appeal
But I cleaned up my workshop and started restocking parts
Then I plugged in the iron and got back in the game for real
Now I’m back in school and too broke for jacks
But I can still kill the time in Inkscape, making more pun-based graphics
Why not a seven-knobbed envelope flanger
I keep making the weird shit- no more interest in classics!
I’m still busy now, but I’ve got finals in may
When the semester is over I’ll have time for build reports
So expect to see lots of Star Wars themed builds on the forum
And if I forget gut shots, please ready your keyboards to type witty retorts!
In middle school I built a guitar
Painstakingly matched to Ed’s 83 specs
The right switch, the right screws, the right phenolic
A northern ash body and a Birdseye neck
I spent hours each week on Halen.com
While my friends listened to Corgan sing ‘bout a rat in a cage
I would geek over paint hues, reflectors, etcetera
With my fellow forumites; most five times my age
“This wiring part’s fun” I thought to myself whilst frying a pot
So to pedalpartsplus.com I went to order some parts:
A fifteen-ninety LB, two jacks, and a momentary switch
A three-hour kill switch flipped a switch in my heart
An overdrive, a SHO, and a home-designed loop box
Hand painted, decaled, or decked up and relic’d
Some Fuzzes, a bit crusher, buffers and all that jazz
A teenaged guitar geek turned a solder-fume addict
High school flew by, and parcels flew in
college ate time, and builds became few
But when stresses arose and when grandparents passed
I would decompress in the basement with a spool or two
School took the backseat for a couple of years
Seems amidst the moping, pedal-smithing lost its appeal
But I cleaned up my workshop and started restocking parts
Then I plugged in the iron and got back in the game for real
Now I’m back in school and too broke for jacks
But I can still kill the time in Inkscape, making more pun-based graphics
Why not a seven-knobbed envelope flanger
I keep making the weird shit- no more interest in classics!
I’m still busy now, but I’ve got finals in may
When the semester is over I’ll have time for build reports
So expect to see lots of Star Wars themed builds on the forum
And if I forget gut shots, please ready your keyboards to type witty retorts!
szukalski
Well-known member
There once was a boy from Eenis, who replaced a guitar for his penis,
His hands grow colder, as he grew older, and he kept buying more and more,
Until at last, a collection vast, he focused on the floor
The cheaper of pedals is what he would buy, the richer he'd only adore,
Until he found a way, so he thought, of stretching his dollar more
Alas, what a fool, as he fell in the hole of parts and equipment galore,
A smile on his face, as he drowned in the place, overflowing with circuits and more!
His hands grow colder, as he grew older, and he kept buying more and more,
Until at last, a collection vast, he focused on the floor
The cheaper of pedals is what he would buy, the richer he'd only adore,
Until he found a way, so he thought, of stretching his dollar more
Alas, what a fool, as he fell in the hole of parts and equipment galore,
A smile on his face, as he drowned in the place, overflowing with circuits and more!
Paradox916
Well-known member
fig
Village Idiot
It looks like a 4-way tie....I expect no less from such a talent pool. Let hear it for the the Fab Four....wait, that's taken...how about the Fabby Quartet? Oh wait, they've split up...and before their first recording! Well, that's muze for ya.
Now, there are 2 - items I may not have 4 of
The CH341a and the 2N5952 sets ( though I have some other quad PNs that work well ). Before I ride over to the warehouse, warm up the cold-natured forklift and hope I snag the correct pallet....side note: should you ever consider giving a certain of snippet overzealous randomizer code (yes, Randy) the task of inventory control, think twice. Clearly it is incapable of breaking it's poorly-written sub routines. Chances are, I'd find the Tiki lights I gave up on long ago. ICs were likely slated for the garden shed, and eventually spread over the zucchini to help with the squash bugs....I know, I know, again...this was an ill-fated idea.
Apart from a rogue routine or two, let's say for argument's sake that I cannot put my hands on 2-CH341a cheeps.....BUT....I exchange them forrrrrrrrr aaaaaaaa [looks around]....old dog? She was slightly amused...I know, a set of baby Lumberg mono jacks KLBM3.
Seriously though, I could maybe get some more 341s, but I would hate to get a bum batch and someone solder that beast to a board. [shudders].....in fact, as these pieces are untested (I've used one from the batch and it functions), if the other two would prefer those cool lumbergs instead, that'd be groovy.
Congratulations to...
@vigilante398 - honesty is the best policy
@dawson - polarized
@Mentaltossflycoon - My own biggest critic
@Fuzzonaut - Why do they keep buying me headphones?
Of course, by the time I post this, it will no longer BE a tie.
Oh well...here goes...
Now, there are 2 - items I may not have 4 of
The CH341a and the 2N5952 sets ( though I have some other quad PNs that work well ). Before I ride over to the warehouse, warm up the cold-natured forklift and hope I snag the correct pallet....side note: should you ever consider giving a certain of snippet overzealous randomizer code (yes, Randy) the task of inventory control, think twice. Clearly it is incapable of breaking it's poorly-written sub routines. Chances are, I'd find the Tiki lights I gave up on long ago. ICs were likely slated for the garden shed, and eventually spread over the zucchini to help with the squash bugs....I know, I know, again...this was an ill-fated idea.Apart from a rogue routine or two, let's say for argument's sake that I cannot put my hands on 2-CH341a cheeps.....BUT....I exchange them forrrrrrrrr aaaaaaaa [looks around]....old dog? She was slightly amused...I know, a set of baby Lumberg mono jacks KLBM3.
Seriously though, I could maybe get some more 341s, but I would hate to get a bum batch and someone solder that beast to a board. [shudders].....in fact, as these pieces are untested (I've used one from the batch and it functions), if the other two would prefer those cool lumbergs instead, that'd be groovy.
Congratulations to...
@vigilante398 - honesty is the best policy
@dawson - polarized
@Mentaltossflycoon - My own biggest critic
@Fuzzonaut - Why do they keep buying me headphones?
Of course, by the time I post this, it will no longer BE a tie.
Oh well...here goes...
dawson
Well-known member
Whoah! Is there a build report for the momentarily-featured Hypno-Toad pedal?
fig
Village Idiot
Isn't that a beaut? I was the lucky recipient of that terrific trance-inducing toad!
Death cap fuzz like you never seen before
So until this moment I have never played a fuzz pedal let alone built one and probably wouldn’t have if I wasn’t challenged to do something crazy by our good friend @fig and definitely did present some challenges with control lay out and a super noisy LED that I had to reroute a couple of time...
forum.pedalpcb.com
dawson
Well-known member
It looks like a 4-way tie....I expect no less from such a talent pool. Let hear it for the the Fab Four....wait, that's taken...how about the Fabby Quartet? Oh wait, they've split up...and before their first recording! Well, that's muze for ya.
Now, there are 2 - items I may not have 4 of
Apart from a rogue routine or two, let's say for argument's sake that I cannot put my hands on 2-CH341a cheeps.....BUT....I exchange them forrrrrrrrr aaaaaaaa [looks around]....old dog? She was slightly amused...I know, a set of baby Lumberg mono jacks KLBM3.
Seriously though, I could maybe get some more 341s, but I would hate to get a bum batch and someone solder that beast to a board. [shudders].....in fact, as these pieces are untested (I've used one from the batch and it functions), if the other two would prefer those cool lumbergs instead, that'd be groovy.
Congratulations to...
@vigilante398 - honesty is the best policy
@dawson - polarized
@Mentaltossflycoon - My own biggest critic
@Fuzzonaut - Why do they keep buying me headphones?
Of course, by the time I post this, it will no longer BE a tie.
Oh, f-real??
Thank you Fig, you're the greatest- and I'm not just saying that because I won this time..
Finally I can get some BBD chorus up in the SCHMORG!
Mentaltossflycoon
Well-known member
Woooo! Mine could also be titled "honesty is the best policy." You can definitely put me down as flexible on the prize. I'm just happy to be on the podium. Another fun one, Professor!
dawson
Well-known member
I too am happy to be flexible on the prize- if you've got any nice TL072's to spare, those would be a great substitute for me.. all of the TL072's I have in stock make builds sound like frying bacon.
*Message me if anyone out there wants their build to sound like frying bacon.
(not in a desirable way like the Scrambler..)
*Message me if anyone out there wants their build to sound like frying bacon.
(not in a desirable way like the Scrambler..)
vigilante398
Authorized Vendor
Well that was unexpected. Realistically the only thing in that list that I would actually use is the LM308 because I can't quit Rats 
I'm pretty stingey about my FV-1 stash, but if you need any more CH341A I have a solid handful I could part with.
I'm pretty stingey about my FV-1 stash, but if you need any more CH341A I have a solid handful I could part with.
Fuzzonaut
Well-known member
Good morning and good news ... woo-hoo! @fig sure is the man! Thanks for the groovy contests, not just this one, they are fun.
About the things to help build things that make sweet noises: I'd gladly take the Lumbergs, they are my favourite jacks and I've just been looking to get some, but nobody (around here) seems to have them at them moment.
Again, thanks fig!
About the things to help build things that make sweet noises: I'd gladly take the Lumbergs, they are my favourite jacks and I've just been looking to get some, but nobody (around here) seems to have them at them moment.
Again, thanks fig!
fig
Village Idiot
As always, thank you all for playing along and for being a part of this awesome DIY community. As always thank you Robert, for all that you do. 
I'll contact each of you in DM and we'll come up with a custom prize package tailored to your individuality and aura.
Now, go build something. Why? Because I said so!
I'll contact each of you in DM and we'll come up with a custom prize package tailored to your individuality and aura.
Now, go build something. Why? Because I said so!
Mentaltossflycoon
Well-known member
F-ing Sweeeeet! Thank you Fig! If I don't screw it up the XC phase will likely get housed with the flyleaf in the tester in the background. I'll tell my wife is your fault that i bought an xc, rat, low tide mini, and am waiting to pounce on a hydra... haven't settled on what to do with the mn3005 or germanium transistor. Suggestions are welcome.
Feral Feline
Well-known member
@Mentaltossflycoon
MN3005 and Ge Trans into same build, a delay that fuzzes the dry signal AFTER the split, so FUZZY "dry" signal with CLEAN REPEATS.
MN3005 and Ge Trans into same build, a delay that fuzzes the dry signal AFTER the split, so FUZZY "dry" signal with CLEAN REPEATS.